HumaneVMA Webinar

Stay Safe During Equine Emergencies

Presented by: Rebecca Gimenez Husted, PhD, 
Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue, Inc.

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This webinar will contain information useful to all veterinary professionals, even those who do not practice on horses. Since horses are often transported to different locations, accidents can happen anywhere.  Practitioners will be introduced to easy ways to learn the Incident Command model for safe teamwork for daily use in the clinic, as well as response to field emergencies. Choosing the correct end points relevant to various dangerous scenarios, and the difficult decision-making processing for triage, treatment and euthanasia will be threaded throughout the presentation.

During this webinar attendees will learn:

• The importance of trained handlers.  Where to stand, where not to stand and the significance of watching other people’s position.
• Examples of soft and hard extensions of the arm and simple large animal rescue specialty tools
• Proven techniques for physical and chemical restraint.
• Manipulations for laterally recumbent animals, repositioning and recovery positions for large animals
• Procedures for de-escalation of stress in the animal patient while the veterinarian is responding to the location. 

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This webinar is FREE for all attendees.
1.5 hours of RACE CE credits for HumaneVMA members only.
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Dr. Rebecca Gimenez Husted, PhD, Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue, Inc.

Dr. Husted edited and co-wrote the first textbook on Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (Wiley-Blackwell) in 2008. She is a decorated combat veteran, retired Signal Officer, US ARMY. She holds a BS (Biology) from Wofford College, PhD (Animal Physiology) from Clemson University. She is a support firefighter, incident safety officer and PIO for City of Gray Fire Department. She been training Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAERTM) techniques across the US and internationally for over 25 years. Dr. Husted has published numerous critiques, techniques and journal articles on a variety of technical subjects in large animal disaster and emergency rescue, horse barn fires, trailer wrecks and heavy rescue of large animals, and equine behavior in these scenarios. She was appointed Chair of the Technical Committee of the NFPA Code 150 – Animal Housing in 2022 and contributes to equine/livestock welfare committees and others defining technical competencies for large animal response around the world.